A Murder in Abidjan
2000•NR•1h 26m•10.0•Released
DocumentaryCrime
1995. On the outskirts of Abidjan, the largest city in Ivory Coast, a policeman is murdered. Shot outside his vehicle, while his fiancée sits in the car, terrified. Superintendent Kouassi is the detective in charge of the investigation. Tall and lanky, he moves with the tired energy of a man who has seen it all. Drawing on a network of underworld characters with dubious information, Kouassi’s team begins bringing in potential suspects and subjecting them to horrific brutality: beating them with sticks, hanging them upside-down, threatening their lives. Some of the men are left so broken they have to literally drag themselves into Kouassi’s office later, to be interrogated while lying on the floor, their bodies a mess of bruises, broken bones, and lacerations.
Director
Mosco Boucault
Studio
La Sept-Arte
Production
Company
La Sept-Arte
Company
CNC
Company
PROCIREP
Company
Elma Productions
Producer
Paul Rozenberg
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